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New Scientist :Chinese challenge to 'out of Africa' theory |
00:01 03 November 2009 by Phil McKenna
The discovery of an early human fossil in southern China may challenge the commonly held idea that modern humans originated out of Africa.
Jin Changzhu and colleagues of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing, announced to Chinese medi... |
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Insciences Organisation : Fish on the menu of our ancestors |
Already 40,000 years ago people fed themselves to a large degree on fish.
The isotopic analysis of a bone from one of the earliest modern humans in Asia, the 40,000 year old skeleton from Tianyuan Cave in the Zhoukoudian region of China (near Beijing), by an international team of researchers from the Max Planck ... |
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Science: Still Seeking Peking Man |
Richard Stone
ZHOUKOUDIAN, CHINA—On a sweltering late June day, Zhang Xiaoling hunches under a makeshift canvas roof over one of Asia`s most famous Stone Age sites. It`s roasting in the shelter, but Zhang, a stone-tools specialist at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) in Beiji... |
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China Daily :Peking Man cave may crumble after excavation |
Reinforcement has begun at the Peking Man site to prevent one of its walls from collapsing.
The protective excavation, which started Wednesday, focuses on the west section of the cave where the first Peking Man skull, hundreds of thousands of years old, was found in Zhoukoudian, 46 kms from downtown Beijing.
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CCTV:Zhoukoudian site under excavation |
The UNESCO world heritage site, the Peking Man site at Zhoukoudian, a Beijing suburb, is undergoing a clean up and excavation project. It is the first excavation in 72 years, and its main purpose is to improve the preservation of the site and the relics.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences and Zhoukoudian`s manageme... |
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People's Daily Online :"Peking man" site to be excavated after 72 years |
| On June 24, a large-scale protective excavation was launched on the Peking man site at Zhoukoudian, which is famous for its human fossils discovered - the skull cap of the Peking man. This is the first large-scale protective excavation in 72 years since 1937 when excavation work stopped.An area of 20 square meters w... |
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United Press International :Dinosaur fossil shows finger evolution |
Published: June 22, 2009 at 1:46 PMOrder reprints
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CCTV:Chinese scientists give new proof of bird's genesis |
| Are dinosaurs the real ancestors of birds? What was the evolution process like? Those questions are the most controversial topics in the field of evolutionary biology. Chinese Academy of Sciences` Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology has recently proposed a new hypothesis providing new evidence... |
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Fox News: Fossil Solves Mystery of Dinosaur Finger Evolution |
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 By Jeanna Bryner
Bird wings clearly share ancestry with dinosaur "hands" or forelimbs. A school kid can see it in the bones. But paleontologists have long struggled to explain the so-called digit dilemma.
Here`s the problem: The most primitive dinosaurs in the famous theropod group ... |
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